The end is here, after 22 years in charge of Arsenal, Arsene Wenger bids farewell to the home fans.
It’ll be emotional. It’s a one of a kind moment you’ll never experience again. If you’re lucky enough to attend, cherish the afternoon because you’ll never see another manager like him.
He was the master innovator, he brought the swagger, he made foreign managers cool, he made sexy football a thing in the Premier League, he made boring Arsenal the best ticket in the world. He gave us trophies, art and an unbeaten season. His intellect was refreshing, his class unmatched, his impact on Arsenal will never be forgotten.
Think of the players he sent our way (I’m about to borrow Andrew Allen’s format from Arseblog here)?
I’ll never forget how exciting Nik Anelka was, that pace and coolness was electric to watch. Patrick Vieira was a colossal presence in our midfield, and those Roy Keane battles are the stuff of legend. That Marc Overmars goal away at Old Trafford. Freddie Ljungberg getting snapped up after England played Sweden, to score with a cheeky lob on his debut against United. Selling Anelka, and bringing in Davor Suker (who was a bit disappointing for the most part). Not signing Patrick Kluivert. Passing on the De Boer twins because of class reasons. Building a new training ground. Signing Thierry Henry and Robert Pires who were Championship Manager heroes. Giving life to the famous back 5. Petit and that porn flick song. That gold kit. Ray Parlour in the FA Cup final. Pascal fucking Cygan. Igor Stepanovs. Ashley Cole busting into the first team. Lauren from defensive midfield to right back. Thierry from the wing to striker. That goal where he set himself up and lobbed Barthez. The Dennis/Theirry axis of amazing. Sylvain Wiltord and that pirouette thing he did. Signing Nwankwo Kanu and that hattrick against Chelsea. Kaba Diawara vs Leeds United. Alex Manninger saving penalties. Wenger doing a madness and signing 8 players in a summer. Richard Wright being shite. Gio Van Bronckhurst. The FA Cup finals and the wins. Learning to love Cardiff because we fucking owned the place. Jen Lehmann being our only transfer move. A whole season unbeaten. I could go on…
The second half of his tenure wasn’t quite as grandiose. But look, Arsenal fans are a weird old bunch, in ten years time, the hipsters will be watching back classic banter years games with a weird fondness.
Yaya Sanogo starting against Bayern Munich. Andrey Arshavin was the most explosively talented lazy boy. What the fuck is a Park Chu-young, Julio Baptista. Nik Bendtner on the right wing. Silvestre. Emmanuel Eboue at right back. Emmanuel Eboue as a right winger against Wigan. Wellington being a pizza eating tubbo. Hiding Fran Merida in the mountains. Waiting 2 summers to sign Chamakh. Robin Van Persie binning us off after one good season. Cesc Fabregas and that ponytail. Fucking up 2008. Rosicky scoring that screamer in the World Cup before we signed him to replace Robert Pires. Fucking up signing Cahill. Manuel Almunia as our first team keeper. Denilson being defended as a good player. Andre Santos as a serious signing. Carling Cup being proper fun. Top 4 Trophy. The Best Finances in the game. The War Chest. ‘One or two signings’. Abou Diaby revisionism. Flappyianski. Samir Satan. Adebaywhoooore. ‘Wenger is good at tactics’. BRING BACK DEIN. Christmas injury pile-ups. Gervinho’s hairline. Sol Campbell back at the club. Usmanov. Beckham training with the lads. Thierry back at the club. Lehmann back at the club. Sign Da Ting. Chezzers rollies. WENGER OUT. Planes with banners. Banners in general. Last 16 PTSD. Playing top 6 PTSD. Stan Kroenke OUT. AKBs. WOBs. #TeamPostiveGooners. Queen of Suburbia is a King. LOLgrove. Owen Coyle. Cash piles. MESUT OZIL. FA Cup Finals. Trophies. Spurs still shite. North London still red. JUDGE ME IN MAY. THE WINDOW ISN’T EVEN CLOSED. SEASON HASN’T STARTED GIVE HIM A CHANCE. PLAYERS LET HIM DOWN. Santi Cazorla. Aaron Ramsey. Hector Bellerin. What even is a Sporting Director. Commentating on transfer deadline day. The ‘we nearly signed’ world 11. Scorpion kicks. Assisting the assister. The Wenger smirk. Kicking water bottles. Brexit musings. That L’Quipe photoshoot.
You’ll be sad when the 70th minute lands and subs have already been made. You’ll be bored when our transfer business is done early and it’s good. You’ll roll your eyes when the next coach does his caterpillar coat up at the first attempt.
For all the craziness of the last ten years, you’ll never forget the Arsene Wenger ride. Even in his darkest hours, he’s capable of dropping a next level, is the next level, is the next level quote that’d make you laugh, cry, or reach for the internet to understand the reference. Wenger is a one of a kind, and I truly can’t believe this is it.
The timing is right, it’s been right for 6 years. There’s no looking back. This move is more epic than the one we made from Highbury to Ashburton Grove. This decision is the biggest one the club has made in 100 years. It’s the most exciting test of our future. I can’t wait.
I’ll be sad, sure. But I’ll be happy in the way you are after a relative dies a painful death. You celebrate what was, but you’re glad it’s over. The last 5 years have been unbefitting. I’m glad it’s coming to a close.
The club is starting to leak intentions of their next move to the internetz. Mark Ogden over at ESPN dropped a piece yesterday.
But the club are also keen to assess the options at the other end of the experience scale, with Manchester City first-team coach and former Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta under consideration, and Julian Nagelsmann, the 30-year-old coach of Hoffenheim, another name in the mix.
Sources said the move to give serious consideration to a young coach is being driven by Kroenke’s son, Josh Kroenke, who is a non-executive director at Arsenal. The 37-year-old is also the president of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets and NHL’s Colorado Avalanche, both of which are also owned by KSE.
My loins are moistened, and my fears are starting to ease that we’re not going to make a move on a caretaker of the bland variety (Carlo, Löw, Enrique, Pards, Buvac). What makes this leak particularly interesting is it’s come from ESPN, so I’d imagine the source is one of Stan’s people.
It’d be a balls-out decision to go for a Tier 3 manager, untested comes with risks, but if the club has done their due diligence, the rewards could be massive. I’d be game for a risk. People are calling that sort of view hipster, I’d say it’s pretty f*cking smart. Josh K and Stan have already had a taste of youth in the US with Sean Mcvay and the press they’re receiving is incredible. Let’s see if this is real, or just clever cover to throw us off the scent of an Allegri or Jardim. Key point in all of this, no one has a fucking clue what is going on. Ivan gonna drop a new name like Beyonce drops a new album… gotta admire that as an advertising guy.
I want to be excited about my team again. Today’s game against Burnley is the changing of the guard. As some of the old school fans would say – we’re getting our Arsenal back – because be honest, Wenger has made the club all about him of late, and it hasn’t been good.
The team need to put on a magical show for Wenger. I hope the fans who are saying they won’t stay for his lap of honour reconsider what the great man has done for the club during the totality of his tenure, and sing his name loud and proud for the last time. I hope the day sticks in the memory, much in the way it did when the great Dennis Bergkamp called it quits.
Today is about Wenger and giving him the send off he deserves, enjoy him while you can, because next season, we’ll be throwing our support behind the future, and I cannot wait.
P.S. Horrible to hear about Sir Alex, our thoughts are with him and his family. Hopefully, he pulls through. One of the greatest in sports history.
Here
DM?
Anyone?
Trofee
Too easy.
Pedro
I can’t believe you forgot to mention the zip.
Great post Pedro nice balance.
I fervently hope we get a manager we can call our own Cousin Muscles.Together we be so scary that when Arsenal visits an opponnent’s town they wish you were dead and buried like ten years ago. Just like Tom,we been bullied out of the park for far too long.
*they wish they were dead
Kim Kallstrom?
Great post Pedro!
Wenger’s 22 years journey has been a rollercoaster ride. Loads of memories -sweet and bitter but overall history will be very kind to Arsene Wenger.
You missed the ‘why do you look at me’ part 🙂
Excellent post, hoping Ryanair don’t delay my flight so I can get to the game. Respect him today and move on!
https://mobile.twitter.com/TheSuccessorAFC?p=s
Anyone have any line on this guy? Suspicious of his ilk but he has got a few things right recent.y?
Fergie stealing Arsene’s thunder one last time.
I’m still hoping my 34/1 bet on young Nagelsmann is good. Mislintat seems to have quite a bit of pull within the administration and it’s a typical Kroenke move.
Freddie then Fabregas with the red hair…
Very mixed emotions today.
I wish him well.
David
I follow the guy on Twitter. He is pretty certain Allegri will be our next manager and will have 150M to spend. He thinks we will sign Chielleni, Max Meyer, Dembele etc. He did predict Wenger’s departure when nobody could have guessed it.
Wenger’s final years also created a considerable fan platform in forums like Le-grove and Arsenal Fan tv for Fans to voice their opinions about the club, players, manager, management e.t.c. The need to get Wenger out in part contributed to the growth of forums as fans just wanted somewhere to unload so that we don’t end up exploding. Having said said that, whoever takes over as the manager needs to recognise that Arsenal fans will not exercise the patience of the final years of Arsene Wenger. The new manager does not have the Invincibles, trophy years and Stadium move chip… Read more »
Good article Pedro.
Pierre, he did mention it!
Pedro, great witty article.
Fine post. Perspective needed today.
The future is much more exciting than Roy Keane can imagine
great post pedders but all the while, I couldn’t stop imagining gervinhos ridiculous hair line.. that image will stick with me for the rest of the day…
W
Best Wenger tribute I have read, despite that you didnt mention the bad zippers.
Very gracious, Pedro. Well done.
Tr7
Reliable? I’ve got 250 on Allegri at 14/1
#paymyrenewal
Northern veg
Respect?
The only event deserving full respect today is wishing SAF well and a full recovery from his operation as I said in my post ignored by you and Pierre.
Wenger? Nah no respect at all. He has systematically reduced our club to a laughing stock and would have continued dragging us down further had he not been dispensed of.
Good riddance to a sociopath con man.
Sad it has to end this way. But, it was necessary. It has been a pleasure & privilege. Will always love the big man. Thank you Arsène.
Really hope we hire a manager who can create an attack that is pacey and creative.
Early AW style football is my drug. A return to that is most definitely needed.
I’m just happy that change is right around the corner. A new day an unknown future something that can excite us once more get us out of this rut we’re in.
Can’t share your sentiment. I hope Burnley win 0-3.
Champagne Charlie
Allegri currently at 4/1
Jardim at 16/1
G10
What are you doing on an Arsenal blog you whopper?
Loooooool
Best Tribute post i ve seen.
Reminds me of the trainspotting.
Loooool
Hoping for a Chelsea win today against the scousers. Moves them 2 points behind Spurs with two to play.
I’m not sure I could ask for a better end of season than to have Allegri announced and see Spurs choke CL.
I don’t ask for much Santa….
Spurs missing out would be hilarious
Charlie Started following him when there was a lot of buzz about him on Twitter for getting Wenger’s departure prediction right. He is still a new kid on the block so to speak, so I can’t say for certain whether he is reliable. I remember you saying Max Meyer is done and this guy had made exactly the same claim hours before you made it….so probably he has some inside info. Apparently he even knows Allegri will announce to the world he is leaving Juventus in a press conference at the end of season and Arsenal will announce his anointment… Read more »
Was thinking similar TR7, he was the first to call wengers departure with accuracy.
Has been say g for a while Allegri is a done deal and will be announced when both seasons have ended. Also says we will pretty much have a new defence, though I think chambers and holding are worth developing.
He is either a guessing chancer, or he knows something, with what he has been saying, I hope it’s the latter. I don’t subscribe to his VIP feed so no idea of what’s on there
Dream
‘Sad it has to end this way. But, it was necessary. It has been a pleasure & privilege. Will always love the big man. Thank you Arsène.Really hope we hire a manager who can create an attack that is pacey and creative.
Early AW style football is my drug. A return to that is most definitely needed.’
Exactly my thoughts! Arsene deserved a better ending of his Arsenal story but he ruined it by staying too long. I also hope he doesn’t take any managerial gig and just enjoy the rest of his life doing other stuff.
Allegri has Juve on 90+ points this season. He knows how to win games that’s for sure
Even after the last number of years of frustration at the way Arsene has managed the decline of the club,sitting in the north bank with my brother and watching that team with Vieira,Petit axis’s and saying to ourselves game after game,it doesn’t get much better than this.
My brother used to say you can overlook the Grimandi and Garde signings,because you couldn’t believe the same bloke had signed them all.
Thank you again Arsène for the memories,not all great,but some fucking great ones.
TR7
Yep. I’m hoping he takes an intl job with an underdog side like Japan. However, I can see him joining a good side like Lyon. Ideally, after staying out the game for a year or so, I’m hoping he brings some sort of consortium to Arsenal & the Kroenkes are bought out.
Wenger’s tenure easily summed up in few words – The Good , the Bad and the Ugly.
Wishing Sir Alex Ferguson a quick and full recovery.
Over time people tend to remember the good stuff. People on here have debated about Graham being a far superior manager than Wenger but forget some of the bad players at the end of his time.
Ultimately Wenger has left not only Arsenal in a better place but has had a huge impact on the global popularity of the Premier League.
It would have been nice if he’d gone out on a high after one of the cup wins but I’ll still always appreciate what he gave us.
Now we can all look to a bright future.
I was supposed to keep this secret but I can’t help myself. Poch is leaving the Spud’s in the summer and Arsene is going to take over as an under cover agent and get them relegated. One last thing for the club he loves.
Best Arsene Arsenal moment?
Away at OT winning the league.
Freddies mazy run, barthez saves then
WILTOOOORRD!!!!
Beautiful memories. Beautiful
Good post, Pedro.
Pedro Today we say aurevoir to Wenger, but it is unclear how many of his backroom staff will be leaving as well at end of season. In recent years the staffing of our first team squad has exploded and there are now 25 staff on books which numbers as many as in the squad. Apart from Wenger we have six football coaches in Bould, Primorac,Bamfield, Lehmann, Peyton [GK] and Bibbo [GK] There are also four performance and fitness coaches in Burgess [director]], Forsythe [head], Colbert [fitness] and Solan [S&C]. We have even three kit and equipment staff all describe in… Read more »
Marc
Totally agree. Yes, apathy was rife come the end of his tenure, but where we were when he arrived to now is a massive kudos to his legacy.
As I stated prior (to some odd ridicule), we’re in great shape for the next chapter at Arsenal – to that he’s owed his share of thanks and appreciation.
Exciting times ahead for us all
Well written piece, Pedro. But I am not feeling the same way. If he was fired 5 years ago, then your post would have matched my feelings. But not anymore. He has done too much damage to the club I support.
I respect what he did 15 years ago, but he did not respect the club in the last decade. Just go. Let the club try to rebuild in peace.
Emirates
Sanllehi will sort out any issues with staff just give him time once Wenger’s out of the picture.
Respect isn’t unconditional and goes both ways. Did Wenger walk on his own knowing the damages he has done to the club? Course not. Where is his respect to the club, fans, even the players who don’t deserved to be here? The obligatory claps of hands aside, it’s highest respect if we don’t hear chanting of Wenger out. Or, shall we say ‘we want you to stay’ like the Manure, Chelsea, Spur fans? When gloves are off, people talk and actual damages would surface. It’d expect many media reports drilling into our chaos./mess. That would be fascinating stories. Meantime, let’s… Read more »
Guns of Brixton
That whole 01/02 Double Season. AWs best team IMO. Unbeaten away from home. Signature wins at Anfield & Old Trafford at crucial times in the season.
13 wins in a row to win the title in style.
Never loved a football side as much that one. What a team!
Tr7 Lots of would be ITK’s, I’ll be happy if it materialises irrespective. Just what we need next I reckon. Was talking to my pal who’s Juve mad, said he perfect for us. Demands loads from his players, everyone knows his job, his expectations are sky high, he doesn’t pander to people but is nuanced enough to massage various personalities, and is very elegant in his communication. Says he’d be a hard one to replace because despite their Italian monopoly, Allegri has maintained that winning formula but with more goals and expansive football. All music to my ears, I think… Read more »
Marc
There is an old proverb “too many cooks spoil the broth”. The huge number of
backrooms staff has certainly not improved our performance levels this season.
Best Wenger moment?
When he finally leaves the club of course.
Guns
Haha trainspotting – Pedro renton.
It totally does read that way!
Great tribute Pedro
Dont think I can watch tonight. I am sure he deserves a warm send off, but I feel nothing warm towards him at all. Dont think I can bare to watch. He has dragged this club back to where he started. Possibly lower. So what was the point really. If we had taken a different path with a series of different managers I have no doubt we would be in a better position than we are now, with just as many trophies along the way. Gave him more than enough rope to hang his own legacy. Dont let the door… Read more »
The Arsenal Successor – maybe he is JK Rolling in Money in disguise
“He has dragged this club back to where he started. Possibly lower“
This is facepalm stuff, I find it hard to understand comments like this from anyone older than 21.
I did enjoy that night at old Trafford,to the tune of Fuck all Fuck all Fucking all,Man United have won fuck all,and the cockney reds going off their heads because untied have won fuck all.
Remember a massive banner in our end which read champions ,those Manchester didn’t like that.
Manchester should have read Mancs
Yeah, let’s not get carried away with praise for the man. He has been inadequate and somewhat incompetent for years now and he is leaving us with a fairly poor squad. Sven & co. have their work cut out for them this summer.
What about the crazy looking Arsenal fan celebrating arms outstretched after Overmars scored the winner at old Trafford.
Sky ran with that for a while for games with the two teams.
Henry waltzing through the scousers defence at the north bank,to comeback to do them 4-2
Champagne Charlie: This is facepalm stuff, I find it hard to understand comments like this from anyone older than 21.
We are nothing more than a mid-table club now. Just above Everton. The only desirable players on our list are Bellerin and Aubamayang. We have to literally rebuild our entire squad to compete again. Look at the team that Arsene inherited. It was 10 times better than the one he leaves behind.
Very good post, Pedro.
Today we get our Arsenal back.
Next stop – get rid of Kroenke.
I will remember a manager who betrayed the trust of Arsenal fans to satisfy his lust for power and control. His ego held hostage the football club refusing to adapt removing people from position s if they got a little bit of credit for something that was not his doing i.e removing keown from defence duties after the 06 UCL run. Removing leaders from the team so only his voice and views could not be challenged, A hypocrite who implemented a socialist wage structure but made himself the highest earner. A poor coach who just because he thought he believed… Read more »
Obviously I’d remember more bad moments than good because I’ve a shit memory but winning the league at Spurs and the excitement of the ’06 champions league run coupled with Fabregas in his pomp are the highlights. Low points every single transfer window under himself. Never properly strengthened and losing your best players was tough
Pedro – amazing post. Thankful without being hypocritical. A sad day in some ways but also very joyeous. I’ve been in the need for change camp since the summer of fabregas and nasri leaving after confirming no big club would do that. I’ve followed le grove through the whole journey and know you were wenger out a year or so even before that. It’s exciting to think next year there will attest be hope and not seeing the same mistakes for the umptinth year. I’m sure there will still be mistakes… But at least new ones. Thank you arsene, but… Read more »
Hey, what do you know? Northern is here to bully and insult others and to throw around the c-word. You’ll get binned again soon enough, guy. And I began supporting Arsenal because of how much I liked the 07-08 team, not because of their previous glories. So, ummm, no. You have me wrong. Moreover, though, plenty of people here have been supporters just as long as you have and are just as critical of Wenger as I am, so your point doesn’t really hold. You’re the bitter one, guy — bitter because you can’t control what others say about Wenger… Read more »
People whoa are thinking that if Arsenal bring in a cheap option as gaffer and they pressure him out after 6 months will do the trick are naive. This is just like saying in 2007 that Wenger was done and had to leave. As I said then, his demise is a process, not an event and it will take time. It will take us a long long time to recover. Getting somr Baca muppet on our payroll means nothing if we cannot back that up with an Enrique or an Allegri. To think that we can get a top manager… Read more »
Let’s spare a though for Geoff, co-founder of LG who wanted his Arsenal back a decade ago.
If we appoint Big Sam as Gaffer now, I bet he start writing for LG again 😉
Fekir is leaving Lyon at the end of the season as per L’Equipe.
Northern
Is watching every match for ten years not enough experience? That’s probably close to 600 Arsenal matches. I don’t know; I feel like that’s a fair amount of experience. And given that I’ve been watching the game for thirty years, I think I’m in a reasonable position to draw conclusions about Arsene Wenger.
I have an idea: why don’t you let us know how many Arsenal matches someone needs to have watched in order to have an opinion? Cheers.
Wenger spiking about what his successor will need to succeed “He will just need to make this club the priority of his life and commit completely and totally like he owns the club. There is no other way to manage a club of this stature than to think that my life depends on what is going on here. They must give absolutely everything to do well.” The successor needs to known that they work for the club The successor should do a professional job and then one on with his life. The successor should not make Arsenal this life. It’s… Read more »
***Wenger speaking
Bamford
Everyone’s entitled to an opinion the reason you draw such spite is that you dismiss anyone else’s opinion if it doesn’t agree with yours.
I know guy’s who have been season ticket holders for 30 years – if one of them thinks Arsene should stay I don’t agree with him but he’s earned the right to an opinion – I don’t think changing the channel is showing quite the same level of commitment.
Today is the time to reflect. The club should learn from the mistakes being made. I am sure that there are a lot of smart and experienced people in the club who will make the best decision. I still like Arsenal, the fans and the community. It is something good in life and I am looking forwards to more good football and entertaining comments in the future.
Au revoir Arsene you have taught me what living under a despot really feels like how you get people still fawning and defending you I will never know. Your ability to lower expectations and have a cult following protecting you, your ability too fool the media and some of the supporters to be able to accept humiliating arsenal football with 8-2 defeats And have no accountability is amazing in this 24 hour media age is astonishing. If you arsene was not such a cretin of a football manager you could have made arsenal into a Barcelona, real madrid or man… Read more »
Have to say it’s an absolute joke that the game isn’t allowed to be broadcast in the UK
Dissenter
Wenger is a toxic lier who would rather pay a youth player 50k a week and try to get the plaudits for finding a gem than buy a player and win things.
He is a emotional vampire who draws on past sentiment to avoid accountability , arsenal was his life because he had complete control it was his favourite toy, plaything which he was willing to destroy then let it go.
Wenger is a class A master manipulater who would make you question yourself but the proof is in the results of the pitch which he makes you overlook.
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I’ve always believed that Wenger lacked that balance between knowing that he’s a well compensated employee hired to do a job vs being the entrepreneur of start-up business. SAF spent a big Chun k of life at United and still managed to keep a marriage and raise kids like everyone else. he still managed to be part of his society outside of football with charities and has a well know hobby. Arsenal existed long before him and will be there after he leaves. He acted like he owned the damn place That’s why it will been conflicted feelings for most;… Read more »
Marc I’m no more dismissive of others’ views than anyone else here. That’s just a red herring. As for your “changing the channel” remark, I don’t change the channel. That’s partly why I am so critical of Wenger. I’ve watched the shit-show in its entirety. Further, the implication of that remark is that those in the stadium are more genuine fans than those watching on television. Is that true? Does one need to be in the stadium to be a “real” fan? Are you less a supporter if you watch from a pub or from your couch? How so? That’s… Read more »
jasongmsMay lol
Ty, Victorious, Oliver Holt akbs all standing in line
Bamford
Really stop trying to justify yourself to these posters. Sometimes they re just trying to take the mickey out of you-they are messing with you.
Keep your don’t-give-a f*ck attitude. Who cares if they like you or not. You’re not forcing anyone to read your posts.
It just seems the more you try to redress some past mistakes, the more they keep giving it to you.
Move on.
Dissenter
I don’t want to talk about Wenger private life I saw the headlines with his adultery but from he is arrogant man so outside of a working environment why would anyone put up with him. His a lonely old man in a big mansion SAF in corporated his old players into his back room system Wenger made efforts to keep old players away.
Why would younger manages study Wenger he wasn’t a tactical genius or man motivator.
I hope politicians don’t study him how to be a despot in 21st century Britain.
Clitorious:
“…but good luck in making such remarks in an Arsenal pub,or even outside the internet,you’d either be rightly ignored for being an ignoramus or given the beaten of your life…”
I’d bet you’re well familiar with “Arsenal pubs”, seeing that you’ve got to carry your soused mum home from one every night, before she gets passed around the pub like a bag of crisps.
It’s now becoming clear why you’re so blindly loyal to Wenger. He’s likely the closest you’ve ever come to having a father figure.
“First 100 Arsenefanboys get a signed Arsene buttplug”
Brilliant Jason
Best laugh of the day, thanks Alex!
Arnold Wagner I really think there’s a lot of teachable material about Wenger’s time at Arsenal. When the time comes, some MBA business school will study him a s template. SAF has been invited to speak at the best business schools all over the world. I heard him speak 2 years ago in Boston. I can think of some things that young and upcoming management staff ned to know. 1. Don’t believe the hype about you.Don’t assume the myth like everyone saying you built the Emirates. 2. Reinvent yourself ALL the time. Wenger never knew how to refresh his thinking… Read more »
*actuarial
Guys, don’t be conned by a Twitter handle
Pretending to have inside information.
The account is a fraud.
Most TV broadcasters the world over are preferring to show the Liverpool vs Chelsea game rather than the 6th vs 7th battle at the emirates, despite all the fake celebrations and conflicted sentimentality involved with our game.
We aren’t that big anymore.
Dissenter
8. Don’t let your best players go into the last year of the contracts to create a distraction from your own failings and give the impression you was forced to sell them.
His only a good teacher if want to learn the dark arts of mass manipulation, control and surviving.
Good stuff Pete! Lets add that ridiculous run of 10 wins en-route to his first title then pulling the double in 98. Loosing by a point in 99, all the shortcoming in Europe then the Bernabau, Torino and thinking it was all going to be ours. Mad Jens. Hoping Reyes was the next in line, never replacing Vieira or trying. Persisting with Almunia then Fabianski. Falling to pieces in Birmingham after Eduardo’s injury, all the glorious failures of the banter era. Ramsay’s goal vs Hull and the drought over. Sad to see an innovator become obsolete, thats what 22 years… Read more »
Have to say it’s an absolute joke that the game isn’t allowed to be broadcast in the UK
To be fair historically speaking Chelsea Liverpool have been good games and there’s a little on the line today but our game is a dead rubber if we’re honest. They’re televising the stuff after the actual game
Arnold Wagner
9. Be comfortable with managing big characters. Don’t dismantle your best team too quickly for kids who owe you everything and are totally deferential..
Dissenter
10. Learn new coaching methods don’t just stand their for 22 years with a stop watch and watch pretty short passes for rest of training.